What action should this hospital take?

[sarisataka]

A psychiatric outpatient opened fire Thursday inside a psychiatrist's office at a hospital near Philadelphia, killing his caseworker and slightly wounding the doctor, who shot the gunman with his personal firearm, authorities said.
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A sign tells visitors to the wellness center to check weapons at the front, a medical technician toldThe Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hospital policy allows only on-duty law enforcement officers to carry weapons on campus, a Mercy Health System spokeswoman told the Associated Press.

To be clear- consider this event in isolation. The doctor stopped a shooting but was in violation of policy.

I am not claiming this incident proves nor disproves any pro/anti firearm policy.

8 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Fire the doctor and recommend he loose his license
	0 (0%)
	Fire him
	0 (0%)
	Suspend him and any further violation will result in firing
	0 (0%)
	Written reprimand with same warning
	2 (25%)
	Verbal warning only
	0 (0%)
	Do nothing
	5 (63%)
	Commend doctor and reprimand
	1 (13%)
	Commend him only
	0 (0%)
	Commend him and remove no firearm policy
	0 (0%)
	Other action
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Rex]

1. lose...not loose. nt

nt

[Xithras]

2. Depends. What does their policy say?

If it says that bringing in a firearm will get you fired, then fire him. If it says it will get you reprimanded, then reprimand him. If it simply says not to do it and doesn't specify a punishment, then do nothing.

There's no need to debate this. If there is a policy in place, it should be enforced as written.

[Iggo]

7. ^^^ This.

[LiberalEsto]

3. Shoot the doctor

[sarisataka]

11. Doesn't he get credit

For being shot by his patient?

[procon]

4. Company policy not withstanding,

they had an obligation to protect their employees and patients, but they clearly failed to install adequate measures to minimize the risks. However, the doctor was bound by the Hippocratic Oath, and if he so feared for his safety to the extent of arming himself at work, he should have quit.

[conservaphobe]

5. Everyone involved has been through enough already.

Punishing the doctor in any way would be absolutely ridiculous, not to mention tragic.

And I say that as a strong proponent of gun control.

[Aerows]

6. My thoughts exactly

There has been enough tragedy here, no need to compound it.

[smirkymonkey]

8. +100

[Niceguy1]

9. doctor saved lives

..award him for doing a good job

[Gravitycollapse]

10. How many countless occasions did he put his patients and staff at risk before this event?

That's the reason why there's a policy against having weapons in a hospital.

Commend him for what he did and then tell him that if he ever brings a firearm on campus again he will be terminated immediately.

[Reter]

15. 0 times

Obviously the doctor wasn't a threat.

[NaturalHigh]

12. The doctor undoubtedly violated hospital policy...

and he also undoubtedly saved lives, even after being wounded himself. Leave him alone.

[JVS]

13. What does their policy state about how they enforce their policy?

Clearly the doctor has violated the rules. It's the hospital's duty to either enforce the rules that they have or renounce and reconsider their rules.

[Reter]

14. The sign didn't stop the psychiatric outpatient

Thank God the doctor didn't listen either.